Artists will not have a common answer to "Are there any rules in art?". Personally, I think there are patterns in art, and there are often rules that can descri

Artists will not have a common answer to "Are there any rules in art?". Personally, I think there are patterns in art, and there are often rules that can describe those patterns. Oddly, I think the word rule works out OK. 'guidelines' is problematic in another way as it also implies that one is being guided towards a certain aesthetic/end result.